đông

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dong"

Bahnar

Etymology

Compare Koho pödung (“to float”) and Eastern Cham ꨯꨙꩂ (đong).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɗoːŋ/

Verb

đông

to float

Derived terms

pơđông (“to make to float”)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˧˧]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 冬 (“winter”).

Noun

đông

winter
Synonym: mùa đông

vụ đông xuân ― the winter-spring cultivation season

xuân hạ thu đông ― spring, summer, autumn, winter

Derived terms

See also

Seasons in Vietnamese · bốn mùa (“four seasons”) (layout · text) · category
xuân (“spring”)	hè, hạ (“summer”)	thu (“fall; autumn”)	đông (“winter”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 東 (“east”).

Noun

đông

the east
đông tây nam bắc ― east, west, south, north

đông bắc ― northeast

đông đông bắc ― east-northeast

Coordinate terms

(compass points) ^{(Category: vi:Compass points)}

tây bắc	bắc	đông bắc
tây		đông
tây nam	nam	đông nam

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 凍 (“freeze”, SV: đống).

Verb

đông

to congeal; to coagulate; to freeze

Derived terms

đông lạnh

Adjective

đông • (𬨮)

crowded; populous; densely populated

Derived terms

Derived terms

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